Place Wappers - Wappersplein
Place Wappers - Wappersplein is a square in Antwerp, Flanders. Place Wappers - Wappersplein is situated nearby to the apartment building Les Pavillons français, as well as near the Buddhist temple Institut Nalanda - Nalanda Instituut.Photo: Odonacc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Brussels and Schaerbeek, Belgium
- Also known as: “Place Wappers” and “Wappersplein”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Military Academy and Church of St. Dominic.
Royal Military Academy
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Royal Military Academy is the military university of Belgium. The institution is responsible for the education of the officers of the five components of the Belgian defence and is located in Brussels in a building constructed by the architects Henri Maquet and Henri Van Dievoet. Royal Military Academy is situated 200 metres west of Place Wappers - Wappersplein.
Church of St. Dominic
Church
Photo: Anoel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St. Dominic is situated 220 metres southwest of Place Wappers - Wappersplein.
Place de Jamblinne de Meux - de Jamblinne de Meuxplein
Park
Photo: Varech, Public domain.
Place de Jamblinne de Meux - de Jamblinne de Meuxplein is a park, which is situated 270 metres north of Place Wappers - Wappersplein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Squares Quarter and European Quarter.
Squares Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Istvan Vizi, CC BY 3.0.
The Squares Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The district is the northern spur of the European Quarter, located between Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and the Leopold Quarter.
European Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. The district also houses the large Parc de Cinquantenaire and a beautiful, but expensive, residential area on its northern edge.
Etterbeek
Town
Photo: Raf24, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Etterbeek is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Place Wappers - Wappersplein
Latitude
50.84494° or 50° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
4.39519° or 4° 23′ 43″ eastNamed after
Égide Charles Gustave WappersOpen location code
9F26R9VW+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 448100727OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q3390172
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Place Wappers - Wappersplein” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wappersplein”
- French: “place Wappers”
- French: “Place Wappers”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Les Pavillons français and Institut Nalanda - Nalanda Instituut.
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